Abdominal ultrasound in advanced ovarian carcinoma.
The ultrasonic appearance of pelvic tumor and intra-abdominal dissemination is reported in 57 patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma. The primary pelvic tumor was found to be solid or mixed solid-cystic. In no case was the primary malignancy exclusively cystic. In 23 patients, intra-abdominal extrapelvic tumor was detectable, and in eight patients there were solid liver metastases. The usefulness of both static and real-time ultrasound scanning is detecting stage III and IV disease is discussed.
D000005:Abdomen; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography